A survey of the data on the women-led economy shows that 33% of millionaires are women and 22% of people making a $200K+ income are women. Activation is key In 2022, global venture funding totaled $445 billion, per Crunchbase. That’s a 35% year-over-year decline from the $681 billion startups raised in 2021, but as an eyebrow raise […]
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How Saint Javelin Plans To Help Rebuild Ukraine
Anyone who has read about the war in Ukraine on social media, or donated to charities there has likely come across a striking illustration of Saint Javelin. Designed to reference the religious icons in Eastern European Christianity, she’s draped in green, staring serenely back at the viewer. But she’s holding an anti-tank guided missile, a […]
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A Founder’s Collaboration Skills May be the Key To Success, Especially in Deep Tech
Aitor Moringo is executive vice president of Satlantis, the U.S. subsidiary of a 10-year-old Spanish company that makes satellite technology used to study the earth from the International Space Station. Its secret sauce is a “super resolution” algorithm that allows for non-blurry images in space. The technology has applications in other industries, like agriculture, where […]
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Opportunities for Entrepreneurial Leaders: Miami, Pittsburgh, Virtual
GET Champions: Tech Leadership in Miami Forward-thinking Miami tech industry leaders are invited to apply for GET Champions Miami. The program will accept 20 participants in 2023 for its program of virtual training and curriculum, executive coaching and events over six months. Designed by GET Cities and powered by Radical Partners (a Miami-based social impact accelerator), the […]
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Modern Mexican Food Brands Give Old El Paso The Boot
Authentic Mexican cuisine has become mainstream in the United States. Eateries, from street vendors to fine dining, serving tacos, chile rellenos or mole de pollos, now dot the country, especially concentrated in cities and southwestern states. Regional flavors from the country of 126 million people have become accessible to the mainstream eater, through food trucks […]
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A Great Financial Backbone For A Social Enterprise
Finding investors for a social enterprise that combines business with impact, like an employment program or an environmental benefit, is harder than you might expect. It’s not about the cash flow. Cash flow in a successful social enterprise with a dual mission can equal that of a business that prioritizes profits. Increasingly, consumers like social […]
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A $350 Billion U.S. Chip Manufacturing Boom
As I journalist, I’ve learned to ask myself: What are the dynamics on the ground now that could result in change five years from now? These are the trends I’m watching this year, that I believe will shape events over the next five. From Chips to Wafers, All Made in America The global chip manufacturing […]
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With A New Way to Make Furniture, Locally, Baru Has Nearly $1M In Revenue After Two Years
Could “decentralized manufacturing” be the next industrial revolution? Tino Go, the founder of Baru, a custom furniture, and more recently cabinets, startup believes it will be, as part of the fourth industrial revolution. Baru uses what Go calls “digitized custom manufacturing,” which enables customers to place orders with small, independent workshops that own milling equipment […]
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Real Estate Entrepreneur Offers an Alternative to the American Dream of Homeownership
Unlike many entrepreneurs who’ve made their fortunes in the digital economy, Mark Wolf has made his through bricks-and-mortar. Over the past decade he’s built a $1.6 billion real estate development and management company that has redefined the American dream of home ownership. His company AHV Communities, launched in 2013, pioneered the build-to-rent single-family home community […]
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A Venture Capitalist Asks, Do We Add Value To Startups?
Editor’s Note: This post appeared originally on Seth Levine’s blog, VC Adventure in August 2022. Seth is a venture capitalist and co-founder of Foundry Group based in Boulder, Colorado. Companies looking to raise money turn to venture capital for a variety of reasons. Top among them is generally access to capital, but often on the list is the hope that raising […]
